DOUBLE PATTERNS ON HAIR MINERAL ANALYSES
by Dr. Lawrence Wilson
© January 2018,
L.D. Wilson Consultants, Inc.
All information in this article is for
educational purposes only. It is
not for the diagnosis, treatment, prescription or cure of any disease or health
condition.
Certain hair analysis patterns
have been found to be doubles, meaning that they involve two ratios or two patterns. They often involve ways in which two
patterns reinforce or emphasize each other, and they may be called emphasis
patterns for this reason. Many are
extremely important such as the oxidation types, sympathetic dominance and the
bowl pattern. Some of them can be
reinforced by other patterns, making them triple or quadruple patterns as
well.
An important reason for this
article is to introduce a way to appreciate the fractal nature of the human
body and even the brain. The
concept of doubling and tripling a pattern relates directly to the idea of
fractal chemistry and a fractal design.
Fractals
are patterns composed of simple numbers that repeat over and over to create
very complex arrays or structures.
In this case, the fact of repeating
mineral patterns on a hair mineral analysis can offer clues about the design of
the human body as a fractal system in which repeating simple number patterns
combine to form far more complex ones.
Fractal designs are extremely
common and easily visible in plants, such as in the arrangement of the leaves
or in the design of a flower.
However, this kind of design is harder to see in a human being. Hair mineral analysis interpretation is
one way to learn about how fractal theory – the idea of repeating simple
numerical patterns – is used in our bodies everywhere.
Below are some of the most
important doubling patterns I am aware of at this time. More may be identified in the future.
THE AMIGOS (IRON, MANGANESE, ALUMINUM, CHROMIUM, SELENIUM,
NICKEL AND BORON)
The concept here is that if a
hair analysis reveals an elevated level of any of what we call the amigos, then
most likely a person has all, or at least more of them. If more of these are elevated, it may
be considered a double or triple amigo pattern. The more severe the elevation of one or more of them, the
more severe the effects, in general, and this, also, may be considered as a
doubling and tripling concept.
However, all that is required to say that one has elevated levels of the
amigos is to have one of them elevated above the ideal value. Aluminum is the most common of these,
though not always.
The word amigos means friends in Spanish. The idea is that these minerals are
like friends who stick together and appear to accumulate together in the body
in a particular form.
The importance of the amigos is
that they tend to form oxides that stimulate the adrenal glands and raise the
sodium level. They do this by
causing oxidant damage resulting in inflammation. This can be responsible for hundreds of symptoms from joint
pain and headaches to more serious inflammatory conditions such as heart
disease, high blood pressure, diabetes and others. They are very common.
Nutritional balancing programs
are one of the few ways I know of to remove them easily, safely, inexpensively
and painlessly from the body. Chelation will not remove them well, and nor will most
other methods of nutritional or medical therapy.
They tend to reinforce each
other because the more of them that are present, the more oxidant damage is
usually going on in the body.
On rare occasions, other
minerals may act as irritants, oxidants or amigos as well. These include copper, most
importantly. However, it is
possible that magnesium, for example, could form an oxide as well.
For more information about this
interesting pattern, read Iron, Manganese And
Aluminum on this website.
INFECTIONS
A
single infection pattern is a sodium/potassium less than 2.5. Another indicator may be a calcium/magnesium
ratio less than about 3, if found with a low sodium/potassium ratio. A third indicator that emphasizes the
pattern may be a sodium/potassium ratio is less than about 1. Another indicator may be a zinc level
less than about 10. Still another
indicator of infection may be the presence of high cadmium – a level
above 0.01 mg%.
In this way, one can identify
double, triple or even quadruple chronic infection indicators or emphasis
indicators on a hair mineral analysis.
FAST AND SLOW OXIDATION RATES
Dr. Paul Eck identified several
oxidation types and oxidation rates based upon two mineral ratios in the hair,
provided that the hair is not washed at the laboratory. These ratios are the calcium/potassium
ratio and the sodium/magnesium ratio.
The use of two ratios means that fast and slow oxidation are themselves
a double type of phenomena, according to Dr. Eck. In contrast, other researchers consider only one ratio to
determine the oxidation type. For
more about this topic, read Fast, Slow
and Mixed Oxidation on this website.
In addition, emphasis indicators
for the oxidation types occur when the oxidation rate is not only slow, for
example, but it is very slow. This
is a kind of doubling concept. So
we can speak of mild, moderate or extremely fast or slow oxidation.
Another metabolic type that Dr.
Eck identified is the four lows pattern.
This may have been called sub-oxidation by Dr. George Watson, who
originated the oxidation type concept.
In this case, the doubling or emphasis idea applies when the four macrominerals or electrolytes that form the pattern are not
only low, but very low. Read Four Lows for more on this interesting pattern.
THE CALCIUM SHELL
This is a common hair analysis
pattern defined as a hair tissue calcium level above about 165-170 mg%. However, we have observed that when the
calcium level rises further, one may identify the pattern as a double, triple,
or quadruple shell pattern. Once
again, these are emphasis concepts and as the calcium level becomes even
higher, it seems to emphasize or reinforce the meaning of the pattern, which
has to do with psychological withdrawal to a degree, being out of touch with
reality, ÒhidingÓ and more. Sometimes,
the pattern is even a quintuple or sextuple pattern. This is quite an interesting observation and correlates well
with symptoms in many cases. For
more details, read The Calcium Shell.
SYMPATHETIC DOMINANCE PATTERN
This is a very common and
important pattern seen on hair mineral analyses. It indicates a person who pushes himself or herself,
overusing the sympathetic or fight-or-flight nervous system. It is a very common tendency today.
Dr. David Watts uses the same
words for to describe a fast oxidizer, so this may be confusing for those who
have read his work. We use the
term a sympathetic state
of body chemistry to describe a fast oxidizer, whereas sympathetic dominance is
simply a mental tendency, usually found in slow oxidizers, to keep pushing as
though one were in fast oxidation and had the energy to do so, although usually
the energy is no longer available.
The primary indicator is a
potassium level of 4 mg% or less, provided the laboratory does not wash the
hair at the lab. Only two labs do
not wash the hair in America, Analytical Research Laboratories and Trace
Elements, Inc. The latter,
however, does not recognize or use most of the patterns in this article. I would avoid this laboratory completely
at this time, as they are not as careful, their graph is difficult to read,
their products are not as good, and their corrective programs are terrible.
Sympathetic dominance has also
been found to be identified with other indicators that double, triple or
quadruple the effect of the pattern.
These include a potassium level of 1 or 2 mg%, a sodium/potassium ratio
greater than about 5, a calcium/magnesium ratio greater than about 9.5 if found
along with a high sodium/potassium ratio, and a four lows pattern. Also, a four highs pattern with a
sodium/potassium ratio above 2.5 is another indicator for sympathetic dominance
pattern.
If a person has more than one of
these patterns present on a test, we refer to the situation as a double, triple
or even quadruple sympathetic dominance pattern. Once again, the intensity of the pattern in terms of how
many of the above indicators are present seems to correlate well with symptoms
in most cases. For more
information, read Sympathetic Dominance
on this website.
THE BOWL PATTERN
This is another very common
pattern seen on hair tests when the hair has not been washed at the
laboratory. It is defined as a
calcium/magnesium ratio greater than about 9.5 and a sodium/potassium ratio
less than 2.5. A bowl pattern
generally means a person is feeling stuck to a degree. It is also perhaps better defined as a
yin deficiency pattern. This is an
acupuncture term that indicates an energy deficiency. We find it is usually due to a simple nutritional deficiency
state that goes away easily when the nutrition is improved by eating a lot more
cooked vegetables, animal protein daily, and taking a powerful digestive aid.
In the case of this pattern, if
the ratios are more extreme, the pattern may be referred to as double or even
triple. Sometimes it is just
called a deep bowl, an extreme bowl, or a drastic bowl depending upon how
imbalanced are the ratios above.
To read more about this, read The Bowl Pattern on
this website.
THE HILL
The
hill pattern is the opposite of the bowl pattern. Once again, it is defined by two ratios, a calcium/magnesium
ratio less than about 3 and a sodium/potassium ratio greater than about 5. A doubling effect occurs here, and the
more extreme the ratios, the more important the pattern, it appears.
The
hill is a celebration, an openness, a turning of a corner pattern. It might also be called a karmic
release pattern, in that a person is able to move on and get past something
that was holding him or her back.
For details, read The Hill Pattern.
BURNOUT PATTERNS
Adrenal burnout or exhaustion is
another extremely common pattern seen on hair mineral analyses. Indicators for this trend or tendency
include a sluggish oxidation rate, a very slow oxidation rate, a sodium/potassium
ratio less than 2.5, a four lows pattern and perhaps a calcium shell pattern as
well. All of these can also be of
varying severity or intensity.
When more than one of these
indicators are revealed, or if an indicator is very severe, we may refer to the
situation as double burnout, triple burnout or even quadruple burnout. For more information, read Adrenal Burnout Syndrome on this website.
DOUBLE HIGH RATIO PATTERNS
These refer to patterns in which
the calcium/magnesium ratio is above about 9.5 and the sodium/potassium ratio
is greater than about 5. Double
high ratio patterns tends to reinforce the symptomatology
and pathology associated with a high sodium/potassium ratio such as
inflammation, acute stress, and anger.
In addition to a simple Double high ratio pattern, two interesting variant
patterns are called Step Down Pattern and the
Hard Driver Pattern. Another
variant described in the 2010 edition of Nutritional Balancing And Hair Mineral Analysis
is called Trying Hard To Stay Afloat. It is another double pattern consisting
of a double high ratio pattern in conjunction with a sympathetic dominance
pattern.
DOUBLE LOW RATIO PATTERNS
These refer to patterns in which
the calcium/magnesium ratio is below about 3 and the sodium/potassium ratio is
below 2.5. Double low ratio
patterns tends to reinforce the symptomatology and
pathology associated with a low sodium/potassium ratio such as fatigue, adrenal
exhaustion, blood sugar disturbance or diabetes, protein catabolism or tissue
breakdown, malignancy, chronic infections, and liver, kidney and cardiovascular
stress.
In addition to a simple Double low ratio pattern, an interesting
variant pattern is called the Step Up Pattern.
POOR ELIMINATOR PATTERN
With certain minerals and all of
the toxic metals, a very low level is not an indicator or a deficiency. Instead, it almost always indicates
that a person cannot eliminate a toxic form of the mineral. This is called a poor eliminator pattern.
This pattern may be a double,
triple, quadruple or more when more than one mineral is involved. The more minerals that show a poor
eliminator pattern, generally the worse the elimination.
For details, read Poor Eliminator Pattern. For the specific levels of minerals
that indicate a poor eliminator pattern, read Mineral
Ideals, Ranges, Toxicity and Poor Eliminators.